{"id":5314,"date":"2017-06-02T23:27:11","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T22:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/?p=5314\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T15:17:15","slug":"visualisation-answers-from-unconscious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/visualisation-answers-from-unconscious\/","title":{"rendered":"Answers from the Unconscious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guided visualization is a very powerful method to go behind the intellect and obtain answers from the unconscious. The method sheds new light on hidden problems by getting impressions from the higher unconscious.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n
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“The new developments in depth psychology have made it possible to approach the realm of the unconscious from an inherently affirmative and constructive point of view. The new holistic sense of depths is not conceived in terms of the malfunctioning of personality, but rather in terms of what man’s nature requires him to become.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

–Ira Progof: ( <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Depth Psychology and Modern Man<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i> , Julian Press, NY, 1969.)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ANSWERS FROM THE UNCONSCIOUS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b> This monograph is taken from Synthesis Journal Volume 2 (pp 140-152) 1975-1978 By <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Martha Crampton<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Imagination and the unconscious<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Recent decades have witnessed a revaluation of the human unconscious and the development of new methods for an expanded use of its processes. The purposeful use of the imagination is a most effective and fruitful means to explore the unconscious. It is of particular interest to psychotherapists, educators and all persons who, in their lives, seek to make use of the positive potential of unconscious processes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years numerous techniques utilizing mental imagery have been developed. They can be considered to be <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>methods for exploring the unconscious by using the imagination under the direction of the conscious intellect and the will.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

When used in such a disciplined way (as opposed to mere daydreaming or unproductive fantasy) mental imagery offers the possibility of exploring new realms of the unconscious while maintaining contact with our rational faculties. We are able to shift gears back and forth, at will, between the direct experience of our inner world \u2013 including its affective components \u2013 and a more rational, analytical framework from which to consider such experience. This has an advantage over the imagery of nocturnal dreams as it permits us to work directly with the imaginal material, extracting its meaning and moving towards conflict resolution.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mental imagery techniques can play a valuable, integrative role by bridging the conscious and unconscious as well as the rational and affective dimensions of our personality.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

There is a broad range of techniques available. Some are best used with an experienced person who can serve as a guide, while others can be employed effectively with or without such help. Among the latter, one technique with many varied applications is the method known as “answers from the unconscious.” (M. Crampton, \u201cThe Use of Mental Imagery in Psychosynthesis,\u201d Synthesis Graduate School, SF, CA.) This method is generally used to acquire information, obtain guidance and gain better understanding of our inner processes. The basic idea is to <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>formulate a question<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i> , addressing it to one’s unconscious and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>allowing the answer to emerge in the form of a mental image<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i> . Such an answer will emerge spontaneously, in most cases with surprising facility. It is important not to reject images that may seem irrelevant. Usually, given sufficient attention, their significance will become clear. And if a sequence of unrelated images emerges, often the very first one turns out to be the most meaningful.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The question posed need not be held continuously in the foreground of one’s awareness. Once it has been clearly formulated we can turn our attention to the answer that is about to emerge. Thus the mind takes an expectant attitude \u2013 one which is simultaneously receptive, relaxed, and yet goal-directed \u2013 much like listening for a faint sound, or being in a movie theater and waiting for the film images to appear on the screen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Often, people can do this spontaneously at the first try. But sometimes a beginner in the use of this method will try too hard, or attempt to “make something happen,” and this blocks the process of spontaneous emergence. Or one may become anxious that nothing will happen, that there will be no images. This anxiety can be alleviated if one knows that the unconscious is a vast storehouse of imagery accessible at all times, if one is reasonably relaxed and trusts the process to occur.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n